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By Abdellatif Sharaa
has been present around the world for a long time, although societies may not agree on what is superstitious, which is bad, and what is not, which is good. An example of this is the owl, which is considered as good and brings luck in the West, contrary to the Middle East, where people believe the bird brings bad luck and is anything but good!
I received a message from a friend who is a doctor, in which he mentioned a few things like not to leave your shoes turned upside down, do not leave a pair of scissors open, do not sweep your home at night, choose a house that has a good looking doorstep, as our grandmothers said all along, although we considered all these as myths as we grew older. Yet the surprise is that most of it has scientific merit in it.
This is the principle that was adopted in the "energetic place" science. This science is a mixture of ancient civilizations' sciences. Arabs were first, as well as the Chinese, Indian and Pharaonic civilizations that were interested in studying the place, its energy and how to arrange things in the right place, because we as people are surrounded with energy paths. So when we put something in the wrong place, it may cause many problems without us realizing that. Our forefathers gave this science good attention whether they meant to do so or not. The Pharaohs used to live on the eastern side and bury their dead on the western side, as an example.
The doctor said his grandmother used to say that when we move to a new house, we must make sure its surroundings are clean, have plants around it and different colors. It was said that toilets should be placed in separate quarters because toilets have negative energy. They only cleaned their homes during the day and were very strict not to use the broom at night, as they believed the dust is attracted in the direction of the sun during the daylight, while at night they enter the lungs and cause problems!
The open pair of scissors breaks the halo of energy around our bodies and that is why they used to say keeping the scissors open for nothing brings bad thoughts and distemper. Another habit is throwing salt around the house and during social events to keep negative energy away, and although it is considered a myth, it really has a scientific origin!
We may ridicule this, but it can be true because anything that is not good in the house may bring negative energy, such as keeping things without using them, placing mirrors in the bedroom and having lots of dark colors around, while the right thing is to choose bright and light colors to balance the dark ones, because dark colors make people in the house lazy, lethargic and restless.
It is advised to have toilets towards the west, living rooms in areas where sunlight can enter and furniture in an east-southeast placement. Finally, make sure to have green plants around and ventilate the house very well. "Myths and science fulfill a similar function - they both provide human beings with a representation of the world and of the forces that are supposed to govern it. They both fix the limits of what is considered as possible." - Francois Jacob
